שֶׁ֫בַע
seven
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Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
113 distinct verses where H7651 appears in the Construct state, across 18 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 5 verses
- Genesis 7:10 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֣ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs It happened after the seven days, that the waters of the flood came on the earth.
- Genesis 8:10 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He stayed yet another seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark.
- Genesis 8:12 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He stayed yet another seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she didn't return to him any more.
- Genesis 31:23 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He took his relatives with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey. He overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.
- Genesis 50:10 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and sore lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
Exodus 11 verses
- Exodus 7:25 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days were fulfilled, after Yahweh had struck the river.
- Exodus 12:15 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 12:19 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.
- Exodus 13:6 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
- Exodus 13:7 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be yeast seen with you, in all your borders.
- Exodus 22:30 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall do likewise with your oxen and with your sheep. Seven days it shall be with its mother, then on the eighth day you shall give it me.
- Exodus 23:15 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
- Exodus 29:30 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.
- Exodus 29:35 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "Thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days shall you consecrate them.
- Exodus 29:37 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
- Exodus 34:18 שִׁבְעַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
Leviticus 27 verses
- Leviticus 8:33 שִׁבְעַ֣ת שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.
- Leviticus 8:35 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."
- Leviticus 12:2 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "Speak to the children of Israel, saying, 'If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs If the bright spot is white in the skin of his body, and the appearance of it isn't deeper than the skin, and the hair of it hasn't turned white, then the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:5 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and, behold, if in his eyes the plague is arrested, and the plague hasn't spread in the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:21 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there are no white hairs in it, and it isn't deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:26 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs But if the priest examines it, and, behold, there is no white hair in the bright spot, and it isn't lower than the skin, but is faded; then the priest shall isolate him seven days.
- Leviticus 13:31 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs If the priest examines the plague of itching, and, behold, its appearance isn't deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate him the person infected with itching seven days.
- Leviticus 13:33 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs then he shall be shaved, but he shall not shave the itch; and the priest shall shut him up who has the itch seven more days.
- Leviticus 13:50 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The priest shall examine the plague, and isolate the plague seven days.
- Leviticus 13:54 שִׁבְעַת adj Cardinal number ms cs then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall isolate it seven more days.
- Leviticus 14:8 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but shall dwell outside his tent seven days.
- Leviticus 14:38 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days.
- Leviticus 15:13 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'When he who has a discharge is cleansed of his discharge, then he shall count to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes; and he shall bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean.
- Leviticus 15:19 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'If a woman has a discharge, and her discharge in her flesh is blood, she shall be in her impurity seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the evening.
- Leviticus 15:24 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'If any man lies with her, and her monthly flow is on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lies shall be unclean.
- Leviticus 15:28 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall count to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
- Leviticus 22:27 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "When a bull, or a sheep, or a goat, is born, then it shall remain seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for the offering of an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:6 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
- Leviticus 23:8 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.'"
- Leviticus 23:18 שִׁבְעַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, one young bull, and two rams. Yhey shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:34 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "Speak to the children of Israel, and say, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:36 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work.
- Leviticus 23:39 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "'So on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruits of the land, you shall keep the feast of Yahweh seven days: on the first day shall be a solemn rest, and on the eighth day shall be a solemn rest.
- Leviticus 23:40 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall take on the first day the fruit of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before Yahweh your God seven days.
- Leviticus 23:41 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall keep it a feast to Yahweh seven days in the year: it is a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month.
- Leviticus 23:42 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall dwell in booths seven days. All who are native-born in Israel shall dwell in booths,
Numbers 18 verses
- Numbers 3:22 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Those who were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those who were numbered of them were seven thousand five hundred.
- Numbers 8:2 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs "Speak to Aaron, and tell him, 'When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the lampstand.'"
- Numbers 12:14 שִׁבְעַ֣ת שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs Yahweh said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, shouldn't she be ashamed seven days? let her be shut up outside of the camp seven days, and after that she shall be brought in again.
- Numbers 12:15 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Miriam was shut up outside of the camp seven days: and the people didn't travel until Miriam was brought in again.
- Numbers 19:11 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He who touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days:
- Numbers 19:14 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent, and everyone who is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 19:16 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
- Numbers 23:4 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
- Numbers 28:17 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- Numbers 28:21 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֖ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs a tenth part shall you offer for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 28:24 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs After this manner you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and the drink-offering of it.
- Numbers 28:29 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֖ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 29:4 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֖ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
- Numbers 29:10 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֖ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
- Numbers 29:12 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to Yahweh seven days:
- Numbers 31:19 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Encamp you outside of the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.
- Numbers 31:36 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֥ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs The half, which was the portion of those who went out to war, was in number three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep:
- Numbers 31:43 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs (now the congregation's half was three hundred thirty-seven thousand five hundred sheep,
Deuteronomy 4 verses
- Deuteronomy 16:3 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
- Deuteronomy 16:4 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs There shall be no yeast seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh, which you sacrifice the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:13 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall keep the feast of tents seven days, after that you have gathered in from your threshing floor and from your winepress:
- Deuteronomy 16:15 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall you keep a feast to Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh shall choose; because Yahweh your God will bless you in all your increase, and in all the work of your hands, and you shall be altogether joyful.
Judges 2 verses
- Judges 14:12 שִׁבְעַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
- Judges 14:17 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs She wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it happened on the seventh day, that he told her, because she pressed him sore; and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
1 Samuel 5 verses
- 1 Samuel 10:8 שִׁבְעַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait, until I come to you, and show you what you shall do.
- 1 Samuel 11:3 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to you.
- 1 Samuel 13:8 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs He stayed seven days, according to the set time that Samuel [had appointed]: but Samuel didn't come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
- 1 Samuel 16:10 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, Yahweh has not chosen these.
- 1 Samuel 31:13 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 5 verses
- 1 Kings 8:65 שִׁבְעַ֥ת וְ/שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before Yahweh our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days.
- 1 Kings 16:15 וָ/שֶׁ֜בַע שִׁבְעַ֥ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. Now the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
- 1 Kings 19:18 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Yet will I leave [me] seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him.
- 1 Kings 20:15 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then he mustered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty-two: and after them he mustered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand.
- 1 Kings 20:29 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs They encamped one over against the other seven days. So it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined; and the children of Israel killed of the Syrians one hundred thousand footmen in one day.
2 Kings 2 verses
- 2 Kings 3:9 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, nor for the animals that followed them.
- 2 Kings 24:16 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
1 Chronicles 6 verses
- 1 Chronicles 9:25 לְ/שִׁבְעַ֧ת prep + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them:
- 1 Chronicles 10:12 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 1 Chronicles 12:25 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.
- 1 Chronicles 18:4 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֤ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs David took from him one thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for one hundred chariots.
- 1 Chronicles 19:18 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed of the Syrians [the men of] seven thousand chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host.
- 1 Chronicles 29:4 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֨ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, with which to overlay the walls of the houses;
2 Chronicles 10 verses
- 2 Chronicles 7:8 שִׁבְעַ֤ת adj Cardinal number ms cs So Solomon held the feast at that time seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 7:9 שִׁבְעַ֣ת שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
- 2 Chronicles 15:11 שְׁבַ֣ע שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
- 2 Chronicles 17:11 שִׁבְעַ֤ת וּ/שְׁבַ֣ע שִׁבְעַ֥ת וּ/שְׁבַ֥ע adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number fs Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and silver for tribute; the Arabians also brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred male goats.
- 2 Chronicles 26:13 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֤ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs Under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, who made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.
- 2 Chronicles 30:21 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The children of Israel who were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness; and the Levites and the priests praised Yahweh day by day, [singing] with loud instruments to Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding [in the service] of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 30:23 שִׁבְעַ֥ת שִׁבְעַת adj Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs The whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they kept [other] seven days with gladness.
- 2 Chronicles 30:24 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֣ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the assembly for offerings one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the assembly a thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
- 2 Chronicles 35:17 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 2:65 שִׁבְעַ֣ת וְ/שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred singing men and singing women.
- Ezra 6:22 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs and kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for Yahweh had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Nehemiah 2 verses
- Nehemiah 7:67 שִׁבְעַ֣ת וְ/שִׁבְעָ֑ה adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms besides their men-servants and their maid-servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven: and they had two hundred forty-five singing men and singing women.
- Nehemiah 8:18 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
Esther 3 verses
- Esther 1:5 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs When these days were fulfilled, the king made a feast to all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
- Esther 1:10 שִׁבְעַת֙ adj Cardinal number ms cs On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven chamberlains who ministered in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
- Esther 1:14 שִׁבְעַ֞ת adj Cardinal number ms cs and the next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom),
Job 2 verses
- Job 1:3 שִֽׁבְעַ֨ת adj Cardinal number ms cs His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
- Job 2:13 שִׁבְעַ֥ת וְ/שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
Isaiah 1 verse
Ezekiel 7 verses
- Ezekiel 3:15 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel Aviv, that lived by the river Chebar, and to where they lived; and I sat there overwhelmed among them seven days.
- Ezekiel 3:16 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs It happened at the end of seven days, that the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
- Ezekiel 43:25 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall you prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.
- Ezekiel 43:26 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it.
- Ezekiel 44:26 שִׁבְעַ֥ת adj Cardinal number ms cs After he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days.
- Ezekiel 45:23 וְ/שִׁבְעַ֨ת שִׁבְעַ֣ת וְ/שִׁבְעַ֨ת שִׁבְעַ֖ת conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs conj + Adjective Cardinal number ms cs adj Cardinal number ms cs The seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to Yahweh, seven bulls and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin-offering.
- Ezekiel 45:25 שִׁבְעַ֣ת adj Cardinal number ms cs In the seventh [month], in the fifteenth day of the month, in the feast, shall he do the like the seven days; according to the sin-offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meal-offering, and according to the oil.
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At its core, שבע (shebaʻ) means “seven.” First canonically at Genesis 4:24, it enters the text early. It appears 345 verses across 27 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. It shares a root with שבע, שבוע and שבועה. Dig into 345-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7651 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 345
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 345 distinct verses.
- 27 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 27 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #128
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 128 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 345 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 345 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 165 verses · 48%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 99 verses · 29%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 81 verses · 23%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Seven 280×, Seventh 12×, Were seven 8×
- American Standard Version†: Seven 265×, Seventh 11×, Were seven 9×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Seven 234×, Seventh 9×, Seventeenth 6×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Seven 254×, Were 23×, And 11×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 388† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 6 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 389† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 49 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7651 across 311† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 27 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 80 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7651 across 355† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 58 further occurrences.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
שבע I f. seven (NH id., MI16 שבעת
- 1. without other num.:
- a. שֶׁבַע, before n.fpl. Gn 21:28 (J), Ju 16:13; Is 4:1 + 80 times, especially שׁ׳ שָׁנִים Gn 29:18 (E) + 32 times (but read שׁלוֹשׁ for שֶׁבַע 2 S 24:13a, cf. v b, c, also 𝔊 and ‖ 1 Ch 21:12; so Th We Dr Bu HPS Now), שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים Gn 33:3 (J), Lv 4:6 (P) + 17 times; שׁ׳ בָּאַמָּה רָחְבָּתּ 1 K 6:6; after noun Ez 40:20, 26; n. om. Jb 5:19; Pr 6:16, + (= שׁ׳ פְּעָמִים) Lv 26:18, 21, 24, 28 (H), ψ 119:164 Pr 24:16. e.g. Genesis 21:28
- b. שִׁבְעָה, before n.mpl. Nu 23:1(×3) (E) + 40 times + Jb 42:13 (read שׁ׳ for שִׁבְעָ֫נָה Ges§ 97 c and most); + (distrib.) שׁ׳ וְשׁ׳ Zc 4:2; after n. Gn 7:4 (J), Ex 25:37 (P) + 12 times (P Ch Dn Pr); n. om. 1 S 2:5 + 9 times, incl. שׁ׳ as ordinal, v. infr.; but read שְׂבָכָה for שִׁבְעָה 1 K 7:17(×2) 𝔊 Th Kmp Klo Benz Kit Bur; also שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distrib. = 7 each Gn 7:2, 3 (J); as pred. Gn 46:25 (P). e.g. Numbers 23:1
- c. שִׁבְעַת, before n.pl. Nu 23:4 (E), 8:2 (P), Ez 45:23(×2); Jb 2:13(×2) + 97 times, incl. שׁ׳ יָמִים Gn 8:10 (J), + 88 times + Ez 45:21 (read שִׁבְעַת for שְׁבֻעוֹת, Vrss and mod.). e.g. Numbers 23:4
- d. = ordinal, שְׁנַת (הַ)שֶּׁבַע Dt 15:9; 2 K 12:2 + 3 times, בְּשִׁבְעָה לַחֹדֶשׁ Ez 30:20, cf. 45:20; לְשִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים Gn 7:10 (J), 1 Ch 9:25. e.g. Deuteronomy 15:9
- 2.
- a. שְׁבַע עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה 17 years Gn 37:2 + 3 times + 1 K 14:21 (וּשְׁבַע וגו׳), also as ordin. בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ 1 K 22:52, בִּשְׁנַת שׁ׳ עֶשׂ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 16:1. e.g. Genesis 37:2
- b. שִׁבְעָה עֶשָׂר (sc. הַגּוֹרָל lot) 1 Ch 24:15; 25:24 (cf. also, + other num., 7:11 Ezr 2:39 Ne 7:42), + יוֹם 17th day Gn 7:11; 8:4; unusual is שׁ׳ שְׁקָלִים וַעֲשָׂרָה הַכֶּסֶף Je 32:9 7 shekels and 10 the silver. e.g. 1 Chronicles 24:15
- 3. שְׁבַע מֵאוֹת = 700 Ju 8:26 + 39 times (but Ne 7:68 om. Mass. Baer Gi q.v.). e.g. Judges 8:26
- 4. שִׁבְעָה אֶלֶף = 7000 1 K 20:30 + 2 times; שִׁבְעַת אֲלָפִים = id. 1 K 20:15 + 15 times; 57,000 is 7 + 50 × 1000 Nu 1:31; 2:8, 31. e.g. 1 Kings 20:30
- 5. שׁ׳ + other num.:
- a. שׁ׳ follows 18 times: (1) n. s. after שׁ׳ Ju 8:14; also, (= ord. num.) Ez 29:17 + 2 times, שְׁנַת שְׁלשִׁים וָשׁ׳ שָׁנָה 2 K 13:10, cf. 15:1; (2) n.pl. before other num. Ezr 8:35; Ne 7:[72], 71; (3) n. s. cstr. precedes בִּשְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים רָשׁ׳ 1 K 16:10, 15 (ordin.); (4) n. after each num. Gn 23:1; 25:17 (both P), etc. e.g. Judges 8:14
- b. שׁ׳ precedes 10 times (P and Est): (1) n. s. after other num. Gn 8:14; Ex 6:16, 20 + 3 times Est; (2) n. repeated Gn 5:7; 11:21; 47:28, cf. 5:25, 31 e.g. Genesis 8:14
- c. 1000 + 17 Ezr 2:39 = Ne 7:42.—שׁ׳ often c. sacred signif.: Gn 21:28 ff. (J), Ex 37:23 Lv 4:6, 17; 8:11; 14:27 + (P); as round number Gn 4:24 (song in J), 29:18 ff.; 31:23; 41:2 ff. (all E), etc.; on bowing 7 times 33:3 (J; in great humility), cf. WklTelAm. nos. 143, 230, 246 NeMar. 11 f.; all these prob. originating with week of seven days; cf. especially KöHast.DB number, 562 f., 565. e.g. Ezra 2:39
שבע II
- 1. in Benj., בֶּן־בִּכְרִי 2 S 20:1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 21, 22; Σαβεε. e.g. 2 Samuel 20:1
- 2. in Gad 1 Ch 5:13; Σεβεε, A Σωβαφε, 𝔊L Σαβεε. e.g. 1 Chronicles 5:13
שבע III si vera l. n.pr.loc. in Simeon, בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע וְשֶׁבַע Jos 19
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.m. et f. seven (NH id., MI16 שבעת; Assyrian sibi, sibittu (DlGr. § 65, 6; s = שׁ), Arabic سَبْعٌ, سَبْعَةٌ Sab. סבע HomChr 47, 124, Ethiopic ሰብዑ: ሰብዐቱ: Ph. (Pun.) שבע, Nab. שבע, שבעה, Palm. שבעא, שבעה; Aramaic שִׁבְעָא,שְׁבַע, ܫܒܰܥ, ܫܰܒܥܳܐ; on etym. cf. LagBN 37 f.);—m. (c. n.f.) abs. שֶׁבַע Gn 41:2 + 115 times; cstr. שְׁבַע 5:26 + 47 times, especially P (15 times) and Chr (20 times), וּשֲׁבַע 1 K 14:21. f. (c. n.m.) abs. שִׁבְעָה Gn 4:24 + 100 times; cstr. שִׁבְעַת 7:10 + 120 times; sf. שְׁבַעְתָּם 2 S 21:9 Qr (so Vrss and mod.; v. Dr; > Kt שִׁבְעָתַיִם);—seven:
I. si vera l. n.pr.loc. in Simeon, בְּאֵר־שֶׁבַע וְשֶׁבַע Jos 19:2; Σαμαα, 𝔊L Σαβε; prob. del. וְשׁ׳ Di al. (om. ‖ 1 Ch 4:23).—בְּאֵר שׁ׳ v. p. 92a.
II. v. in cpds. אֱלִישֶׁבַע, (בַּת־שֶׁבַע), יְהוֹשֶׁבַע.
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שבע (shâbaʻ) (H7650) — to swear.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שֶׁבַע
- (b. h.) seven. Snh. V, 1, v. חֲקִירָה. Ib. 3 בש׳ (sub שעות) at seven hours of the day. Ab. V, 7. Lam. R. introd. (R. Josh. 2) ש׳ מש׳ seven times seven; a. v. fr.—בנות ש׳, ברת ש׳, v. בַּת I a. בְּרַת I.—Esp. שִׁבְעָה (sub. ימים) Shib ah, the seven days of mourning for a near relative. M. Kat. 20ᵃ, v. שְׁלֹשָׁה; a. fr.—Y. M. Kat. III, 82ᶜ; v. שָׁמַר.—Pl. שִׁבְעִים seventy. Snh. V, 5 עד ש׳ ואחד (add to the members of the court,) until they number seventy-one. Ab. Zar. 11ᵇ אחת לש׳ שנה once every seventy years; a. v. fr.
שְׁבַע
- Targ. Gen. V, 7. Ib. IV, 24 (O. ed. Vien. שִׁבְעָה). Ib. XXIX, 27. Targ. Y. II, Num. XI, 26 שׁוֹבְעָתֵי; a. fr.—Y. Kil. IV, beg. 29ᵃ חמש שורין מן שו׳ שו׳ five rows of seven trees each. Y. Sabb. I, 3ᶜ bot. אלו שגזרו … שובעה אינון those laws which they decreed by majority of votes, were seven; a. fr.—Pl. שַׁבְעִין, שִׁבְ׳, שׁוּבְ׳ seventy. Targ. Gen. V, 12; a. fr.
שָׁבַע
- , Nif. נִשְׁבַּע (b. h.) to be sworn, to swear. Shebu. III, 6 נ׳ לבטל וכ׳ if a person swears that he will omit to perform a commandment. Ib. VI, 4 אין נִשְׁבָּעִין על וכ׳ no oath is imposed in refutation of a claim of a deaf and mute, or of an insane person, or of a minor, nor do we administer an oath to a (claimant) minor, אבל נשבעין לקטן וכ׳ but you must make oath when suing a minor or the sacred treasury. Ib. 7 ומי נ׳ מי … שמא יִשָּׁבַע זה וכ׳ which of them is first admitted to an oath? He with whom the (lost) pledge was deposited, lest this one (the debtor) swear (to the value of the pledge), and the other produce the pledge (and prove him a perjurer). Ib. VII, 1 כל הנשבעין שבתורה נשבעין וכ׳ all those bound to swear according to Biblical law swear and are free from payment, but the following swear and receive (are awarded their claim). Ib. 32ᵇ ואינו יכול לִישָּׁבֵעַ, v. שְׁבוּעָה; a. fr.
- to adjure; to impose, administer an oath. Ib. IV, 3 אמרו אין אנו … מַשְׁבִּיעַ אני עליכם וכ׳ if they say, we know no testimony in thy case, (and he says,) I adjure you, and they say, Amen: they are guilty (if they could testify). Ib. ה׳ עליהן … חוץ וכ׳ if he adjured them five times out of court, and coming before court they confess (that they know testimony), they are acquitted. Ib. VIII, 2 מַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ אני וכ׳ I adjure thee, and he says, Amen. Ib. 29ᵃ; 39ᵃ, a. e. וכשמַשְׁבִּיעִין אותו … אנו משביעין אותך וכ׳ and when the court administers an oath to him, they say to him, know that we cause thee to swear not in thy sense, but in the sense of God and in the sense of the court; a. fr.—Part. pass. מוּשְׁבָּע; pl. מוּשְׁבָּעִין. Ib. 31ᵃ מ׳ מפי עצמו one who is sworn on his own demand (in his own case); מ׳ מפי אחרים one who is sworn on other people’s demands (as a supposed witness that claims ignorance). Ib. III, 6 הרשות שאינו מ׳ עליה מהר סיני a religiously indifferent act, on which he is not sworn from Mount Sinai; מצוה שהוא מ׳ וכ׳ a religious act on which he is sworn &c. Ib. 21ᵇ; 22ᵇ, v. סִינַי; a. fr.
שְׁבַע II
- Ithpa. אִשְׁתַּבַּע, Ithpe. אִשְׁתְּבַע, אִישְּׁבַע as preced. Nif. Targ. Lev. V, 22; 24. Targ. Jer. V, 2; a. fr.— Shebu. 29ᵃ ודילמא … וכי קא מִשְׁתַּבַּע אדעתא דיריה א׳ perhaps that man saw a huge bird and called it gamla (camel), and when he swore (that he saw a camel fly in the air), he swore in his sense. Ib. דכי קא משתבע … קא משתבע so that when he swears (that he has paid the money), he swears to the truth in his sense (having given him tokens, v. אִיסְקוּנְדְּרֵי). Ib. 32ᵇ אי … הוה מִשְׁתַּבַּעְנָא וכ if thou hadst come and testified for me, I should have been assigned an oath and received my claim; מי יימר דמִשְׁתַּבְּעַת who can say that thou wouldst have made oath? Ib. לִישְׁתַּבַּע shall he be admitted to an oath? Ib. 26ᵃ ואנא בשיקרא אִישְׁתַּבְּעִי and have I sworn falsely?; a. fr.
- as preced. Hif. Targ. Y. II, Ex. XIII, 19 [read:] מִשְׁבָּע אַשְׁבַּע. Targ. Cant. II, 7. Targ. Cant. II, 4; a. e.—Shebu. 36ᵃ אַשְׁבְּעִינְהוּ ולייטינהו he made them swear, and also pronounced a curse upon them. Ib. 41ᵃ לא מַשְׁבְּעִינָן ליה we do not put him to an oath; a. fr.
שָׂבֵעַ I
- next w.) sated, filled, satisfied. Gitt. 56ᵃ יוצא כשהוא ש׳, v. רָעֵב I. Lev. R. s. 34 לשְׂבֵעוֹ וכ׳, v. רָעֵב I; a. fr.—Pl. שְׂבֵעִים, שְׂבֵעִין, שְׂבֵי׳. Joma 74ᵇ סומין … ואינו ש׳ blind persons eat and are not satisfied. Taan. 10ᵇ אל תראו עצמיכם בפני בני עשו … כאילו אתם ש׳ Ms. M. (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) make no show of your plenty before the sons of Esau or of Ishmael, lest they envy you; Yalk. Gen. 148; a. e.—Fem. שְׂבֵעָה, שְׂבֵי׳. Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᶜ top the Lord allows the righteous in this world to see their (future) reward, ונפשם ש׳ וכ׳ and they feel satisfied and go to sleep; a. e.—Pl. שְׂבֵעוֹת, שְׂבֵי׳. Midr. Sam. ch. XIII (ref. to I Sam. IX, 12, sq.) וכל האורך הזה … ולא היו ש׳ ממנו why this lengthy speech? It intimates that they looked at the beauty of Saul and could not see enough of it; a. e. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:12
שָׂבֵעַ II
- to be filled, to have plenty, be satisfied. Sabb. 113ᵇ (ref. to Ruth II, 14) ותאכל בעולם הזה ותִשְׂבַּע וכ׳ she (Israel) will eat in this world, will have plenty in the Messianic days, and leave over for the hereafter. Succ. 52ᵇ, v. רָעֵב II; a. e. e.g. Ruth 2:14
- to satisfy. Gen. R. s. 76, end כדי להַשְׂבִּיעַ עיניו וכ׳ in order to satisfy the eyes of the wicked man. Y. Keth. V, 30ᵇ הִשְׂבִּיעָתוֹ; Succ. l. c. מַשְׂבִּיעוֹ, v. רָעֵב II. Snh. 100ᵃ; a. fr.—Ib. 29ᵇ אדם עשוי שלא להשביע את עצמו man is wont not to declare himself wealthy (to disclaim wealth, by saying that he is in debt, even if he is not); כשם שאדם … שלא להשביע את בניו as man is wont to disclaim wealth for himself, so is he likely to disclaim it for his heirs (therefore an ante-mortem confession of indebtedness does not establish a claim against heirs).
- same.—Part. pass. מְשׂוּבָּע. Lev. R. s. 29 (play on השביעי, Lev. XXIII, 24) שהוא מש׳ בכל וכ׳ a month which is plentiful in every thing &c. e.g. Leviticus 23:24
- to be satiated, sick. Num. R. s. 14 עתיד להִשְׂתַּבּעַ, v. סִיג I.
שְׂבַע
- , to be satisfied, saturated. Targ. O. Ex. XVI, 8 למִיסְבַּע ed. Berl. (ed. Amst. למִישְׂ׳); Y. למִשְׂבּוֹעַ. Targ. Ps. CIV, 16 (Ms. ס׳); a. fr.—Part. שְׂבִיעַ, שְׂבַע, סְ׳; f. שָׂבְעָא, סָ׳. Targ. Prov. XXX, 22 דשביע ed. Lag. (Ms. דסביע; ed. Wil. דיִשְׂבַּע). Targ. Job XLII, 17. Targ. Gen. XXV, 8. Targ. Prov. XXVII, 7; a. fr.—Pesik. R. s. 16; Pesik. Eth Korb., p. 57ᵇ, a. e., v. רְוֵי; a. e.
- ; Af. אַשְׂבַּע, אַסְ׳ to satisfy. Targ. Ps. XC, 14. Ib. CVII, 9; a. fr.—Taan. 24ᵃ רחמנא לִישַׂבְּעָךְ … דאַשְׂבְּעָן ברך the Lord satisfy thee, as thy son has satisfied us. Yoma 79ᵇ שַׂבּוּעֵי מְשַׂבְּעא is enough to satisfy the appetite. Gitt. 70ᵃ תמרי מְשַׂבְּעַן וכ׳ dates satisfy, heat &c.; Keth. 10ᵇ; a. e.
- (cmp. צָבָה) to be swollen. Esth. R. to III, 14 א׳ קרסוליה (omitted in Yalk. ib. 1056) his ankle was swollen.
שָׂבָע
- , v. שׂוֹבַע, שׂוֹבְעָא, a. סִבְעָא.
שׂוֹבַע
- plenty, satiation. Ber. 55ᵃ שלשה דברים … רעב וש׳ וכ׳ three things does the Lord himself announce: famine, plenty, and a good leader. Tosef. Pes. V, 3 חגיגה … פסח נאכל בש׳ (Var. על הש׳) the pilgrim’s sacrifice … must be eaten first, so that the Passover offering be eaten after the appetite is satisfied; Y. ib. VI, 33ᶜ לָשׂבַע; Bab. ib. 70ᵃ על השבע. Gen. R. s. 91 שני השָ׳ the years of plenty. Snh. 97ᵃ ש׳ ואינו ש׳ plenty and no plenty (partial plenty); ש׳ גדול general plenty; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 90 distinct written forms H7651 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 30 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7651, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Derived from this word
- שבעה shibʻâh H7655 seven
- שבעים shibʻîym H7657 seventy
- שבענה shibʻânâh H7658 seven
- שבעתים shibʻâthayim H7659 sevenfold
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 320 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 345 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 4:24
- Exodus 2:16
- Leviticus 4:6
- Numbers 1:31
- Deuteronomy 7:1
- Joshua 6:6
- Judges 6:1
- Ruth 4:15
- 1 Samuel 2:5
- 2 Samuel 2:11
- 1 Kings 2:11
- 2 Kings 3:9
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
